Another Incident with the Rotary Blade

I have been using this rotary cutter at work for years. Never had a problem with it. Suddenly, within the span of a few weeks, I have nearly lost my fingers to it twice.

The latest was today.

I have been weary of it and given it a lot more respect since my first run in with the thing.

Today I was cutting down some prints on Lexan. It's a thick plastic substrate that we can print decals on. I needed to cut it down so it can get flood coated with white ink and then I can laser cut them.

I was using my straight edge that has what I thought was a big protective lip on it. Suddenly, the blade hit something on the straight edge that made it jump up and into my fingers. It wasn't enough to slice through my thumb. It had to hit my index finger as well.

I wasn't about to report this to the bosses and get another ding on the company from Labor and Industries. 

Like the last time, they bled a lot. However, I was able to staunch the flow and nobody who doesn't read this blog is the wiser. I got them bandaged up. We shall see how well they heal.